A project to use the Generation IV* Shidao Bay-1 nuclear power unit in in Shandong province, northeastern China, to generate nuclear heating has been connected to the heating grid and begun operation, state electricity generator China Huaneng announced.
The project uses high-temperature steam extracted from the plant’s steam system to heat water in a heat exchanger. This high-temperature water flows to a heat exchange station where it undergoes secondary heat exchange to become residential heating.
The heating pipeline was completed on 22 March and the project was connected to the heating grid on 27 March, China Huaneng said.